Re: ReiserFS / 2.4.6 / Data Corruption

[Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com>]

I think you have problems that are completely unrelated to ReiserFS.

Hans

Steve Kieu wrote:
> 
>  --- Erik Mouw <J.A.K.Mouw@ITS.TUDelft.NL> wrote: > On
> Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 03:18:59PM +1000, Steve Kieu
> > wrote:
> > > My advice:
> > >
> > > Dont use reiserfs,JFS
> > > it is ok to use ext2
> > >
> > > Go journalling? use ext3 or XFS
> > >
> > > I have used  all of these fs and pick up this rule
> > (up
> > > to now, not sure it remains right in the far
> > future)
> >
> > FUD. I've been using reiserfs on quite some systems
> 
> Probably !. I said just from my computer, :-)
> 
> Reiserfs uses system resources more than others.
> Perfomance is ok (not as far more or less than JFS)
> but after using for a while, some mysterious things
> happen ; for example, the ini file of some program is
> changed wihtout any reason. For example I run mc and
> make it learn all keys, and pause when executing a
> command ; After reboot, sometimes all these setting
> are lost, some times not. It still happen with XFS
> though but never see in ext2, ext3 (now I am using)
> 
> JFS I was happy to use that when my computer is normal
> power off. One time, power outage then it completely
> trashed my root partition (can not recover by any
> means) Have to restore from backup file and sure, let
> it go for now.
> 
> I aggree Reiserfs should be stable but unfortunately
> in my computer it doesn's show any good sign of
> advantages than xfs or ext3. Dont mention about some
> minor bug like zero log file (fixed already I hope)
> but the data. Ahhh, I remember one time when I ran
> 
> pppd call myisp
> 
> pppd can not make the connection. I view the syslog
> file and noticed that chat send the wrong command to
> the modem. Strange, I thought as it is usually ok to
> make the connection. Check the /etc/ppp/chat/myisp
> file ; things seem to be normal. Ok I delete that file
> and edit it again exactly what I saw in the previous
> file. Run pppd call myisp; it is Ok. What do you
> think?
> 
> It has not yet happen to me now, for about 2 weeks
> (with ext3)
> 
> Okay may be that is FUD ; lets be like that way. I
> only say from my usage.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> > and never got any
> > problem. If reiserfs wouldn't be stable, SuSE
> > wouldn't have supported
> > it as one of their stable filesystems for over a
> > year.
> >
> >
> > Erik
> >
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